People v. Guzman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard C. Failla, J.), rendered May 30, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of rape in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to two concurrent terms of IV2 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.
*273Viewing the evidence most favorably to the People, and bearing in mind that credibility is for the trier of facts, we find that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490).
Before permitting the child victim to testify via closed-circuit television, the court…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. RahmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. CintronNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
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